Selina Juul


Selina Juul is a Russian-Danish activist and graphic designer known for her work in promoting the reduction of food waste. She founded the consumer organization Stop Wasting Food in 2008. She wrote the cookbook Stop spild af mad: En kogebog med mere in 2011 and has written numerous articles on the subject of food waste. In addition to her activism, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator.

Early life and education

Selina Juul has a BA from the Danish School of Media and Journalism.

Activism

Her experiences with food shortages as a child in Russia during the 1980s inspired her work combating food waste. Due to the work of the Stop Wasting Food campaign, Denmark reduced its food waste nationally by 25% in 5 years.
Selina Juul has received several awards for her activism. In 2013, she won the Nordic Council Environment Prize and the Danish Social Democrats' Svend Auken Prize. In 2014, she was named Dane of the Year by the newspaper Berlingske. She blogs for The Huffington Post and the Danish newspaper Politiken.